Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan delivers his speech at the launching ceremony of the Carbon Neutrality Publicity Campaign at the City Gallery in Central, Hong Kong, Aug 4, 2023. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVT)

HONG KONG - Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan will depart for a five-day visit on Monday to three cities in the Greater Bay Area and Zhejiang province to enhance cooperation on environmental issues.

Tse, together with the Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs, will conduct a duty visit to the GBA cities of Guangzhou, Foshan and Shenzhen from Aug 7 to 9, according to a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government statement issued on Sunday.

The delegation will first visit Guangzhou to meet with representatives of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong province to deepen exchanges and cooperation between the two places on environmental issues

The delegation will first visit Guangzhou to meet with representatives of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong province to deepen exchanges and cooperation between the two places on environmental issues.

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They will visit the Yanling new energy eco-industrial park and Guangzhou public transport command center of the Guangzhou Public Transport Group, the Nanhai Hydrogen Center and hydrogen fuel cell tram in Gaoming district in Foshan, and the exhibition hall of Huawei Digital Power AntoHill Headquarters, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant and Nanshan Energy Eco-Park in Shenzhen, to gain an in-depth understanding of the latest development of new-energy transport, new-energy technology and waste incineration for electricity generation on the Chinese mainland.

Tse will leave for Zhejiang province on Wednesday evening to continue his trip. He will visit the flexible high voltage direct current transmission project and the offshore electricity transmission research base in Zhejiang province to learn about the latest development of electricity technology on the mainland.

Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Environment) Janice Tse Siu-wa, and officers from the Environment and Ecology Bureau will also join the visit, according to the statement.

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Tse will return to Hong Kong on Aug 11. During his absence, Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology Diane Wong Shuk-han will be the Acting Secretary for Environment and Ecology, it added.